selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
selection (from many people for an important position); exceptional promotion
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
master; teacher; stable master
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to subsist; to keep on living
decision; determination; resolution
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
two persons; two people; pair; couple
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
(another's) daughter; young lady
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
while; during; while; although; all; both
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
one's daughter and heiress
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become